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4. Solar energy helped keep the lights on after Helene, but not how you might think
Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Buncombe County has invested over $10 million in the past few years to install solar panels in...
5. Heat pumps were supposed to help save the planet. But they’ve run into a bump.
Shannon Osaka/The Washington Post Sales of solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles have soared over the last few years —...
6. “Election protection” activist says he plans to flag voters with “Hispanic-sounding” names as “suspicious”
Madeleine May, Chrissy Hallowell & Katrina Kaufman/CBS News In a video obtained by CBS News, the leader of an “election...
7. 580-unit development under consideration, commissioner advocates for conservation
Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A New Hanover County commissioner is advocating the purchase of a long-vacant property to preserve the...
8. Rallying to help farmers feed hungry livestock
Kathy N. Ross/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Nine days after Helene’s flood waters drilled through the Ferguson dairy on Riverside, a caravan...
9. Fund seeks $40M for housing
Pat Kimbrough/High Point Enterprise A new public-private venture is seeking to raise $40 million for an affordable housing loan program...
10. State sets temporary allowable PFAS limits in groundwater
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online The state’s environmental regulatory agency has established temporary caps on the amounts of several PFAS that...
1. NC Supreme Court ruling could shake up multibillion-dollar hospital industry
Will Doran/WRAL News A new ruling from the North Carolina Supreme Court has the potential to massively reimagine the state’s...
2. Even as conditions across western North Carolina improve, potable water remains a challenge for some
Will Atwater/NC Health News Since the remnants of Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina’s mountains, flooding rivers and damaging...
3. State and feds look to head off economic disaster from Helene in Haywood
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News With the North Carolina General Assembly’s preliminary $273 million relief bill in the rearview mirror, Western...
4. After years of decrying mail-in ballots, GOP showing signs of strength in early NC voting
Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio North Carolina Republicans are showing signs of strength after three days of early, in-person voting — by...
5. Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids
Jeff St. John/Canary Media For years, Duke Energy has studied the threats that climate change poses to its power grid....
6. From rescue to recon: after waters receded, firefighters’ mission was far from over
Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer As soon as the skies cleared from Helene’s ferocious storm, a massive undertaking was launched to...